Sun Jiao was a smart man after all. He could tell at a glance that Yang Shen was being targeted.
You, Yang Yongxiu, are the sponsors, but you deliberately didn’t sign your name?
So this time, we will make a big fuss about these people offending the emperor and put them in jail, but you, Yang Yongxiu, took it out first to see how you will stand up in the Hanlin Academy in the future.
After Yang Shen learned that all his colleagues had been captured, he felt that something was wrong. He went to the Jinyu Hutong courtyard on East Chang'an Street and waited for his father for more than two hours. Finally, as the sun set, he saw Yang Tinghe himself.
"...Father, it's all my fault. If I hadn't signed the petition, perhaps I wouldn't be in trouble today." Yang Shen admitted his mistake to his father.
Yang Tinghe's attitude was calm, and he was slightly surprised: "Yong Xiu, how can you say such things?"
Yang Shen almost gritted his teeth and said: "My original thought was not to cause a gap between my father and Your Majesty at this time, and also to prevent interested people from making a fuss about my identity. But I never thought... Your Majesty's move is clearly
It’s just targeting me.”
Yang Tinghe nodded with satisfaction: "It's good that you can think of this. Could it be that if you sign, you can avoid what happened today? His Majesty's goal is not you, but his father."
Yang Shen admitted that he was wrong and felt that he had caused his colleagues in the Hanlin Academy to be implicated.
But in fact, Yang Shen knew very well that the root cause of everything lay in the conflict between the emperor and his father.
Didn't the emperor kill the chicken to scare the monkey just to show Yang Tinghe?
"After this incident, I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to find a place in Hanyuan again." Yang Shen looked remorseful.
In fact, Yang Shen also saw it.
No matter what the emperor's true intention is, or whether his colleagues can understand his painstaking efforts, if others are in prison and he is doing well outside, then as the initiator, he has fallen into a great moral passivity. Who will listen in the future?
His order?
Even if there is someone with a good mind, it can be seen that Yang Shen is actually the target of the emperor's deliberate targeting. But the problem is that if you Yang Shen signed it, the emperor might not take advantage of it. But you didn't sign it, so we are targeting you because of the emperor.
And was implicated and imprisoned...
Therefore, regardless of the pros and cons, Yang Shen was alienated by his colleagues because of his insularity.
Yang Tinghe said: "Don't think too much about this matter. My father gave you a note. You go to Beizhen Fusi Yamen to say hello and ask him not to torture the people who are in jail today. He also visits you and comforts him."
"
Now Yang Tinghe is also afraid of betrayal and separation.
The emperor's vigorous and resolute move was actually a disguised warning to the civil servants in the court.
Although I usually adopt Yang Tinghe's opinions a lot and respect him very much, and even want to do something but Yang Tinghe scares him away, after all, I am the king and he is the minister. Now I use Jin Yiwei to teach anyone a lesson.
Please stop colluding with Yang Tinghe, otherwise the next person to be brought to justice will be the ignorant one among you!
Yang Shen hesitated and said: "Father, at this time, if you personally intervene in this matter, will you..."
Yang Shen felt that his father was too adventurous.
The emperor tried to scare you, but you still go ahead with your neck stiffened?
Although you are the chief minister of the dynasty, what qualifications do you have to interfere with the imprisonment of Jin Yiwei?
By doing this, aren’t you following the truth?
Yang Tinghe's tone was slightly desolate: "What has happened has happened. Even if you want to escape, you cannot avoid it. My father's reputation does not matter. We must first take care of the young heroes of the Hanlin Academy. They are the hope of the future of the Ming Dynasty."
Upon hearing this, Yang Shen was deeply impressed by his father's noble sentiments.
At this time, my father knew that if he interfered with Jin Yiwei's affairs, he would be resented by the emperor. However, in order to save the scribes who were imprisoned, his father still stepped forward without hesitation and relied on his own influence to prevent those scribes from being tortured.
Now that the emperor has used thunderous means to deal with Yang Tinghe's men, Yang Tinghe must also do his best to protect those people.
The monarch and his ministers have opened up a second battlefield besides the game in the court.
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Yang Shen took Yang Tinghe's note and headed to Fusi, Jinyiwei North Town in panic.
Now Yang
Shen was also worried.
Even if my father wanted to help, he was afraid that the Jinyiwei group would not give him face. After all, most of the Shoufu University Scholars' orders were only in the Sixth Department and the Sisi Yamen. Interfering with Jinyiwei's affairs without the emperor's permission was an overstep. The current head of the Jinyiwei
Most of them were from Prince Xing's palace, how could they care about Yang Tinghe but not the king?
But when he arrived at the gate of Fusi in Beizhen and handed over the note, Yang Shen was able to get in smoothly.
Even the Jin Yiwei Qianhu Wang Zuo who carried out the matter came out to greet him personally.
"Yang Hanlin, actually you shouldn't have come."
Wang Zuo said with a smile.
Yang Shen didn't bother to talk to Wang Zuo because he knew that Wang Zuo just followed orders. What weight could such a person's words have?
Yang Shen said: "Take me to see Commander Zhu."
Wang Zuo smiled and shook his head: "Sorry, Shangguan Zhu is not here."
"Then who is here? The envoy of Fusi Town in Beizhen is here, right?" Yang Shen asked sharply.
Wang Zuo still smiled and shook his head.
It probably means that it's useless for you to find anyone, I'm the only one here, and I am now fully responsible for this matter, and you can do whatever you like.
Yang Shen was very angry and asked: "You Jin Yiwei captured more than fifty people at one time, but did you submit official documents to the Ministry of Punishment? What crime did they commit? Did you say hello to Dali Temple? Where are they now? I want to
Let’s go and meet him.”
Wang Zuo saw that Yang Shen was deliberately angry with him to show that he was very angry, or that Yang Tinghe behind him was very angry.
The method used is intimidation.
Wang Zuodao: "Even if Yang Hanlin has a letter from the elder, he can only visit one or two of them. As for the matter of the trial in prison, please forgive Yang Hanlin. These matters are governed by the emperor's order. I dare not tamper with my humble position."
Make a statement."
It means that we will give you and your father face and let you meet one or two people.
But you don't come to guide us.
We are the emperor's personal soldiers and only obey the emperor's orders, but you obey your father's orders, and your father has no control over the Imperial Guards.
"lead the way!"
Yang Shen waved his hand.
Wang Zuo asked doubtfully: "I don't know, who do you want to see?"
Yang Shen didn't even think about it: "I saw Zhu Hao, where is he?"
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As Zhu Hao expected, it was impossible for Yang Tinghe to ignore the fact that all the Hanlin officials were sentenced to prison.
The way Yang Tinghe intervened was actually very simple. He used the power of the elder to greet Jin Yiwei.
Does the emperor want to severely punish these Hanlin and supervisory students?
not necessarily.
Doesn't the emperor know how severe punishment will have on these people?
Just like when Zhu Houzhao was about to go on a tour, a group of people from the Hanlin Academy went to kneel down to remonstrate, beat many people and gave him a place to go, but in the end they were forced to cancel the tour due to pressure.
No matter how reckless the emperor is, he must still consider the pressure of public opinion.
The Jin Yiwei below probably don't dare to take action against these Hanlin, but they are afraid of being pressed for their lives.
What Yang Tinghe has to do is to reveal the game between the monarch and his ministers to the people in charge of the Jinyiwei, so that they can understand that your Jinyiwei treated these Hanlin with torture today, and I, Yang, will treat you in the same way in the future!
As a result, the Jin Yiwei would have some concerns. They obviously wanted to obey the emperor's orders, but secretly they had to give Yang Tinghe face.
In the end, torture will definitely be cancelled. Even if it is used, it will definitely not cause any damage to the muscles and bones...
Don't wait until the emperor reaches some kind of compromise agreement with Yang Tinghe and picks out the people who were tortured today as cannon fodder. Who knows whether it will cause big trouble?
Yang Shen initially didn't understand why his father would take the initiative to get involved in such a thing, but from Zhu Hao's point of view, Yang Tinghe would definitely take care of it.
As for prison visits and stuff like that...
Zhu Hao wasn't sure, he was just worried.
After all, Zhu Hao is the "protagonist" in this incident. Everyone signed a petition, with him as the leader. Then Yang Tinghe sent people to Fusi Prison in Beizhen to verify whether Jinyiwei used torture. He would definitely come first.
He checked.
As expected, Zhu Hao was waiting for him.
When Yang Shen saw Zhu Hao, he saw Zhu Hao sitting on a wooden shelf covered with straw, holding a book in his hand and reading.
Yang Shen shouted: "Open the door!"
At this time, Zhu Hao raised his head and glanced at the door.
Zhu Hao had a few straws on his head and his face was pale. It might be because of the cold weather. After all, there was not even a brazier for heating in the cell. When Zhu Hao breathed, a lot of white air came out of his mouth and nose.
"Yang Hanlin, please don't make your humble position difficult."
Wang Zuo followed him in person and said with a smile.
Yang Shen also saw that it was not good for him to be too strong. Maybe the Jin Yiwei people turned their faces and locked him in. In this winter, even if there was no punishment, he would not be able to bear it if he lived there.
It's fine during the day, but how will you survive at night?
Yang Shen said in a slightly calm tone: "I just went in to talk to him for a few words and then left. I will definitely not delay your business."
"Then... open the door."
Only then did Wang Zuo ask someone to open the door. He seemed to know that staying might disturb the conversation between Yang Shen and Zhu Hao, so he avoided it temporarily to save face for Yang Tinghe and his son, and then reminded him, "Speak as soon as possible, let's have some tea." Yang Hanlin
Giving convenience to a humble position is also giving convenience to yourself.”
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Yang Shen entered the cell and almost cried when he saw the surrounding environment.
Yang Shen really blames himself.
Now that Zhu Hao, as the chief signatory, had to bear the punishment that he was supposed to receive, being imprisoned in such a crude and cold place was really unacceptable to Yang Shen.
"Jingdao, there's nothing to say. If you need anything, just tell me and I'll send someone to your house right away to prepare your home," Yang Shen said.
Zhu Hao smiled and shook his head: "No, the people from Jinyiwei are quite polite. They said they have sent people to each house to say hello and ask them to prepare things. They will probably deliver them soon."
Yang Shen smiled bitterly and said: "They are blackmailing! Let each family give money! Those who don't give money... don't worry, I will take care of the Jinyiwei side. Alas! At this time, you can still laugh? You...
…Do you still have the heart to read?”
Zhu Hao pursed his lips: "It's nice here. Although it's a bit cold, I wore a lot of clothes today. There are tiles to cover my head. The best thing is that it's very quiet... The people in Jinyiwei are still polite so far. I asked them for a book."
, they actually found a book for me to read here and think about the past, which is quite peaceful."
"well!"
Yang Shen sighed again.
No matter what kind of prejudice Yang Shen had against Zhu Hao before, or whether he thought Zhu Hao was a bit too casual, he hated him.
But now, he admires Zhu Hao very much.
Favored or humiliated, this is probably the state of Zhu Hao in front of him.